Alois Fürstner

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Alois Fürstner (born July 23, 1962 in Bruck an der Mur ) is an Austrian chemist.

life and work

Fürstner studied from 1980 Chemistry at the Technical University of Graz , where in 1985 he obtained his diploma in 1987 with Hans Weidmann carbohydrate chemistry doctorate . From 1990 to 1991 he was a postdoctoral fellow with Wolfgang Oppolzer at the University of Geneva . In 1992 he completed his habilitation with a thesis on metal-graphite compounds at Graz University of Technology. In 1993 he was given a teaching position at the University of Dortmund and in 1993 became working group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Mülheim an der Ruhr . Since 1998 he has been an adjunct professor at the University of Dortmund and director at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research. Visiting professorships led him to the Claude Bernard University (1994) and the École normal supérieure , Paris (1999).

Fürstner conducts research on the interface between organic and organometallic chemistry . He investigates both homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis and develops new catalysis processes for the synthesis of complex natural products . After the structure elucidation he succeeded in the synthesis of many complex glycolipids and that of the antitumor alkaloid roseophilin. He is particularly concerned with the metathesis of alkenes and alkynes , with which he succeeded in the first ring-closing alkyne metathesis.

Publications

He wrote more than 225 publications including:

  • Modern and classic methodology for olefination and aldolization of carbohydrates. Diploma thesis, Graz 1985
  • Organic chemical reactions with highly activated metals. A contribution to updating classic reactions. Dissertation, Graz 1987
  • Metals in organic chemistry. High activation and homogeneous catalysis . Habilitation thesis, Graz 1991 (contains 18 publications from 1986 to 1991)
  • A. Fürstner and B. Bogdanovic: New Developments in the Chemistry of Low-Valent Titanium . In: Angewandte Chemie . Volume 108, 1996, pp. 2583-2609.
  • A. Fürstner and N. Shi: Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi Reactions Catalytic in Chromium . In: Journal of the American Chemical Society . Volume 118, 1996, pp. 12349-12357.
  • A. Fürstner, C. Mathes and CW Lehmann: Mo [N (t-Bu) (Ar)] 3 Complexes as Catalyst Precursors: In Situ Activation and Application to Metathesis Reactions of Alkynes and Diynes . In: Journal of the American Chemical Society . Volume 121, 1999, pp. 9453-9454.
  • A. Fürstner: Olefin Metathesis and More . In: Angewandte Chemie . Volume 112, 2000, pp. 3140-3172
  • A. Fürstner, F. Stelzer and H. Szillat: Platinum-catalyzed Cycloisomerization Reactions of Enynes . In: Journal of the American Chemical Society . Vol. 123, 2001, pp. 11863-11869.
  • A. Fürstner and A. Leitner: Iron-catalyzed cross-couplings of alkyl Grignard compounds with aryl chlorides, tosylates and triflates . In: Angewandte Chemie . Volume 114, 2002, pp. 632-635.
  • A. Fürstner, F. Jean Jean and P. Razon: Total Synthesis of woodrosin I . In: Angewandte Chemie . Volume 114, 2002, pp. 2203-2206.

Awards (selection)

Memberships

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ biographical data, publications and Academic pedigree of Alois Fürstner at academictree.org, accessed on February 6, 2018th
  2. ^ Alois Fürstner: Total Syntheses and Biological Assessment of Macrocyclic Glycolipids . In: European Journal of Organic Chemistry . 2004, No. 5, pp. 943-958.
  3. ↑ A. Fürstner and H. Weintritt: Total Synthesis of Roseophilin . In: Journal of the American Chemical Society . Volume 120, 1998, pp. 2817-2825.
  4. ^ A. Fürstner and N. Kindler: Macrocycle Formation by Ring Closing Metathesis. 2. An Efficient Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure (R) - (+) - Lasiodiplodine. In: Tetrahedron Letters . Volume 37, 1996, pp. 7005-7008.
  5. ↑ Alois Fürstner receives Inhoffen Medal. Press release from March 24, 2014 at the Science Information Service (idw-online.de)

literature

  • Kurt Begitt (editor), Society of German Chemists (editor): Chemistry and Biochemistry in Germany . 2nd edition, VCH, Weinheim [ua] 1995, p. 518, ISBN 3-527-29258-6
  • Awards . In: Chemistry International . Volume 22, No. 4, July 2000

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personal data
SURNAME Fürstner, Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian chemist
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Bruck an der Mur